President Biden announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Stephen Breyer. While her potential confirmation may not alter the balance of opinion on the Supreme Court in the short term, her professional and personal experiences will likely alter the parameters of public policy in the United States, Camille Busette writes.
The pandemic has disproportionately impacted Black and Latino communities from both an economic and health perspective. Anthony Barr and Ariel Gelrud Shiro examine three policy areas that could help mitigate the pandemic's lasting negative effects: health care access and insurance, the environment, and food access and nutrition.
The wealth gap between Black and white Americans is persistent and substantial. Many policies aimed at addressing this disparity often have too narrow a focus. Nora Cahill and William Gale assert that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Child Tax Credit (CTC) may be the key to closing this gap because they offer chances to increase income and financial stability across a person’s lifetime.
"Only when laws are formed around the use of violence and excessive force will citizens experience more trustworthy and consistent policing procedures, especially those in marginalized communities, which are commonly over policed."
In The Crime Report, Howard Henderson gives recommendations for establishing a police officer's lawful duty to intervene.
In celebration of Black History Month, Brookings hosted a webinar focusing on an inclusive public policy agenda for Black Americans. Scholars discussed topics such as access to quality health care, housing, jobs, education, police and criminal justice reform, reparations for Black Americans, and voting rights.
